Aldershot Tattoo

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Artist/Maker	London Transport Board (issued by) Andrews, Sybil (artist) Cyril Power (artist)
Place of origin	London (issued)

Portrait format poster depicting the Aldershot Tattoo, showing columns of soldiers marching, wearing red coats, black trousers, beaver skin hats and holding rifles.

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Categories	Posters Transport Arms & Armour Advertising Military
Object type	Poster
Title	Aldershot Tattoo (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Printing, colour lithograph on paper Paper Lithograph
Brief description	'Aldershot Tattoo', designed by Andrew Power (Sybil Andrews and Cyril Power), issued by London General Transport, Great Britain, 1934
Physical description	Portrait format poster depicting the Aldershot Tattoo, showing columns of soldiers marching, wearing red coats, black trousers, beaver skin hats and holding rifles.
Dimensions	Height: 40in Width: 25in The dimensions are taken from: Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings Accessions 1934 London: Published under the Authority of the Board of Education, 1935
Credit line	Given by the London Passenger Transport Board.
Place depicted	Aldershot
Bibliographic reference	Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings Accessions 1934 London: Published under the Authority of the Board of Education, 1935
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.1541-1934

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O740468/aldershot-tattoo-poster-andrews-sybil/

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